Old Roots, New Branches: The Shoots of Diatextual Analysis

The present contribution focuses on the discursive perspective, which finds its roots in the several "turns" that animated the previous century. Besides the "discursive" and the "narrative" turns, the "contextual turn" has highlighted that meanings shape thems...

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Published inQualitative research in psychology Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 384 - 399
Main Authors Mininni, Giuseppe, Manuti, Amelia, Scardigno, Rosa, Rubino, Rossella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 02.10.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
diatext
discourse
Qualitative research
rhetoric
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Summary:The present contribution focuses on the discursive perspective, which finds its roots in the several "turns" that animated the previous century. Besides the "discursive" and the "narrative" turns, the "contextual turn" has highlighted that meanings shape themselves in a context, which could be seen both as a "cotext" (the linguistic around) as well as an extralinguistic frame (Slama-Cazacu 1959/1961). Such perspective allows considering texts as diatexts (Mininni et al. 2008), namely as "efforts after meaning," aimed at manifesting their dialogical correspondence with a specific "context" (Slama-Cazacu 2007). The cognitive engagement and the affective involvement of the interlocutors during an interaction demand a constant monitoring activity on the need for attunement between intentions and situational bonds.
ISSN:1478-0887
1478-0895
DOI:10.1080/14780887.2014.925996